50 Pies, 50 States : An Immigrant's Love Letter to the United States through Pie

A "deliciously unique" love letter in pie crust to every state-a delicious portrait of the country with more than 50 recipes for extraordinary pies that taste just like home. (Jessie Sheehan, author of Snackable Bakes) There's nothing quite so American as a slice of pie. That's what Stacey Mei Yan Fong learned growing up in Singapore and Hong Kong, watching movies set in the United States and dreaming about taking a road trip from coast to coast, stopping at diners along the way. After college in Savannah and a decade as a fashion designer, Stacey turned her passion for home baking into an ode to her chosen home: honouring the people, places, and flavours that made her love this country with a pie for each state. Each pie is an impressive, whimsical tribute that encapsulates a state's unique flavours and honours its culture. · For South Dakota, Stacey researched Indigenous ingredients with a Sioux nation chef to create her Wild Rice Pudding Pie. · For Illinois, she created a Deep Dish Pumpkin Pie. · For Nevada, she brought a Las Vegas all-you-can-eat-buffet into eight extraordinary savoury and sweet slices. And there are plenty of crowd pleasers, such as: · Kentucky's Derby Pie with Blackberry Sauce · Mississippi Mud Pie · Idaho's Mashed Potato Pie with Hash Brown Crust and Scallop Potato Topping · Georgia's Sweet Tea Peach Pie with Pecan Crumble · North Dakota's Tater Tot Hot Dish Pie With bonus pies to honour Stacey's trajectory from Southeast Asia to her Brooklyn home, like: · A Pandan Custard Pie for her birthplace of Singapore · A Kope Jahe Pie in honour of her childhood in Indonesia · A Honey Peach Pie for her time at the Savannah College of Art and Design · And a Bagel Order Pie to celebrate her new forever New York City home Every pie is an opportunity to celebrate-or defend your home state's honour, presented in a beautifully packaged cookbook that is "everything we need more of right now" (Cheryl day, author of Cheryl Day's Treasury of Southern Baking). Ba